Top 10 Reads of 2015

Hello my fellow bookworms, 2015 was a great reading year for me where I finished 62 books. It was hard to dwindle it down to 10 but after much thought here are my choices (ordered alphabetically by author): Inferno by Dan Brown - another gripping thriller that follows Professor Robert Langdon through the history, art …

Goodbye 2015, Hello 2016

Hello my fellow bookworms, Happy New Year! It is time to say goodbye to 2015 and hello to 2016. Let's end the year with a few reading stats: Books Read: 62           New Reads: 57              Re-Reads: 5 Fiction: 41                Non-Fiction: 21             Poetry: 0 In 2014 I finished 56 books so I am up this year! The lack of studying and coursework, …

Top 10 Reads of 2014

Hello my fellow bookworms the end of 2014 is upon us. I can't believe it myself 2014 seems to have flown by but whether I believe it or not it is time to choose my top 10 reads of the year. After much thought here are my choices (ordered alphabetically by author): 1. The Three Musketeers by Alexandre …

The Mine by John A. Heldt (Northwest Passage #1)

The days are dull and cold, and the nights are dark and frosty. Once my day of Christmas carols, buying presents, and cooking hot dinners is over. I am ready to tuck myself in bed with a comforting read. With this in mind I picked up The Mine by John A Heldt hoping for a …

New Read: Kingmaker: Winter Pilgrims

After returning home from my holiday at the end of August I finished the French classic The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas. After I was still in the mood for something historical and epic in which case I decided to throw myself into the political and power struggles of The War of the Roses in Kingmaker: Winter …

Goodbye 2013, Hello 2014

Happy New Year! It is time to say goodbye to 2013 and hello to 2014. Hasn't this year just flown by? I think I blinked and managed to miss a lot of it. Looking over my end of year reading stats I have much to be pleased with: Books Read: 73           New Reads: 66              Re-Reads: 7 Fiction: 46                Non-Fiction: 26              …

Top 10 Reads of 2012

At the beginning of the year I did a meme post reflecting back on what I'd read in 2012. Looking around at other blogs I saw a lot of people doing more detailed top 10 posts. 2012 was such a good reading year for me I decided this would be the best time to try …

Goodbye 2012, Hello 2013

I have never been very good at writing my own end of year posts, so instead I have come to rely on these fun meme questions to get me going: Best Book of 2012: Little Women by Louisa May Alcott Worst Book of 2012: What I've Learned Since I Knew It All by Paul Meier …